in progress

Here’s a bunch of new tattoos I’ve been working on since my last post. The creepy ice wolf was done on my son’s best friend. I started this Hawaiian-flavored rattle snake on a frequent client. I finished another reptile – this eye of Smaug turned out really cool. And on his wife I did this…

I started work on this really cool art piece by the artist Olivia. My client was leaving after her session and realized she had locked her keys in her vehicle. I drove her to get her spare set, and upon returning she learned that her spare set did not have the microchip in the key….

It’s 2020. The holidays were relaxing and I got some time off. Now I’m just trying to get back into a new groove. TattApp is doing pretty good. I still have a lot of tattoo clients lined up. Obviously I haven’t posted in awhile so here are pictures from my sessions over the past few…

I have a new client who is getting a full arm sleeve. A few weeks ago we started with a deer on his shoulder. Last week I added Bill the Butcher to his forearm (my client is a butcher). Then today I started a horse under his deer. And I also recently did a drawing…

I met a new client today and started work on his very first tattoo, which will be a half outer sleeve. He is friends with two other clients of mine who both got lion tattoos. I was pretty happy with how this one Is turning out. A lady who I went to school with came…

I used Hector to help me create a new tattoo design for a client who I met when she was 6 years old. I was painting a huge Disney mural in her parent’s house. It was my first art job after college and I think I made about $4 per hour. Anyway this mermaid’s face…

The horror movie leg sleeve is finally done. I need to go back through all of it and do some more touch ups, but overall it’s pretty good. My tattoo skills have improved much since we first started it 7 years ago. I can still see areas where I need improving, but just looking at…

For me, art has always been therapeutic. Feeling alone and unimportant sometimes permeates my life. Wishing someone would care or help doesn’t make life better, so if I’m paying attention to my downward spirals, I usually start drawing…a lot. It’s not an instantaneous cure, but it usually gets me through the days. I like to…

I spent most of my day drawing up this cracked face design, which is based loosely on an existing tattoo that a client sent me as an idea for his sleeve. I’ve been drawing a lot lately, spending more time studying anatomy and faces, always trying to improve. 32 years ago was the last time…

I have a client who got a full sleeve from me earlier this year, and he’s ready to start another one. He gives me ideas and then just lets me draw whatever I want. One of the worst things going into a tattoo with a client is not having the artwork prepared and approved. So…